ENGL 423 / 523: Milton
In-class essay 3
Fall 2015
Professor E. Derek Taylor
November 20, 2015 (Friday)
Instructions: Write an in-class essay 1 (500-600 words) based on the following prompt. This is an open-book, open-note assignment, and you may bring an outline of your essay to class (just be sure to include it as part of your submission).
Topic: Based on your completion of Paradise Lost, imagine what Milton might have to say about Tommaso Masaccio's early Renaissance painting Expulsion from Paradise (1426). Would he agree with Masaccio's depiction of this scene? Disagree? Both? And most importantly: why? What is it stake in the aspects of the story that Masaccio gets right (from Milton's perspective)--or wrong?
Feel free to frame this as a time-traveling letter from Milton to Masaccio if it helps get you in a Miltonic frame of mind. And, however your proceed, be sure to give yourself a clearly stated thesis and to quote from Paradise Lost in the course of your analysis.
Grading Rubric:
A: Carefully organized around a clearly stated thesis; thoroughly supported with direct textual quotations; logically organized and developed; cleanly written
B: Falls short on one point.
C: Falls short on two points.
D: Falls short on three points.
F: Falls short on all points.
In-class essay 3
Fall 2015
Professor E. Derek Taylor
November 20, 2015 (Friday)
Instructions: Write an in-class essay 1 (500-600 words) based on the following prompt. This is an open-book, open-note assignment, and you may bring an outline of your essay to class (just be sure to include it as part of your submission).
Topic: Based on your completion of Paradise Lost, imagine what Milton might have to say about Tommaso Masaccio's early Renaissance painting Expulsion from Paradise (1426). Would he agree with Masaccio's depiction of this scene? Disagree? Both? And most importantly: why? What is it stake in the aspects of the story that Masaccio gets right (from Milton's perspective)--or wrong?
Feel free to frame this as a time-traveling letter from Milton to Masaccio if it helps get you in a Miltonic frame of mind. And, however your proceed, be sure to give yourself a clearly stated thesis and to quote from Paradise Lost in the course of your analysis.
Grading Rubric:
A: Carefully organized around a clearly stated thesis; thoroughly supported with direct textual quotations; logically organized and developed; cleanly written
B: Falls short on one point.
C: Falls short on two points.
D: Falls short on three points.
F: Falls short on all points.